Feeling alone… in music.

Welcome mate! Actually quite a few people I know started alone. They had no connections with other DJs whatsoever. Only recently I started noticing 2 other DJs and we barely even talk. It’s hard being the newbie but your connections will slowly grow. Check out your old friends or maybe people you don’t speak to much. Sometimes they may have a good knowledge on DJing once.

This forum is really helpful so if you have any questions do ask.

Being two weeks into this and reading a lot about it is good! Do you have a setup up and running?

Jona Menasso, post: 1790 wrote:

I have no musical education, only the litlle bits i gather myself…. that sucks and concerns me a lot…

Lol, I read somewhere it’s not actually needed. As long as you know what phrases, bar and the likes are it’s okay. Some BPM counting as well. I never knew much about this but EDM always change every 32 beats O.O!! Only recently did I learned about that. Thanks to the forum, I also learned more about build up and break downs O.O which never bothered me before. If you’re wondering what key is the music being played and al,l often, the software does it for you. Although it may not be accurate sometimes but that’s all if you want to mix in key.

Jona Menasso, post: 1794 wrote: yep all that and some more stuff i already “teached myself” (LOL)… i dont think it as to change every 32 beats… i think people need to innovate in order to succeed… so i dont think that is realy important…

Yeah, I think they shouldn’t change every 32 beats as well but it makes work for DJs easier. Haha

i took 3 years of band class, played first chair trumpet, and I can’t tell you what notes are what. I only knew notes by finger position not A, E, G etc… All i can do is count to 4 and listen. So i guess I have a musical education? idk though, learned nothing about theory, have no idea why some songs are 3/4, 2/8 etc. or what that even means other than you count to 3 instead of 4… haha guess my teacher was bad

Hello Jona; and Welcome :);
I am Completely ‘Alone’ as a DJ; in the sense that ‘apart’ from this Forum; I have had No Contact with any other DJ for probably 7 years or more; other than Playing Out Live (which I am Unable to do at the moment); it is a Very Lonely Occupation; just as Writing was before I started DJ’ing; I can’t give you any ‘Pointers’ as to How you become Less Alone; other than reading the DDJT Articles about Networking;
On the other hand; to be ‘Alone’ with your ‘Art’ can also be a Fabulous thing if you wish to Concentrate and Develop your ‘Own Style’ and ‘Techniques’; Collaborating or having a DJ Partnership with another person can be an amazing thing – look at Orbital/The Chemical Brothers/Underworld – but it can also be Non-Complimentary; in the sense that (at times) one or other person can become More Dominant and so your ‘Ideas’ are not ‘Heard’;